what does Lounge think of U2?

[LSK]

Poll question: what does Lounge think of U2?

[Hugin]

1. I enjoyed one of their concerts...

Although, I had to yell... "GET A ROOM!" to the couple in the row in front of me.

[SKKY]

2. The best band of my generation, hands down.

IMHO of course.

[asthmaticeog]

3. Meh.

The Edge: "I'm going to play this one note for a looooooong time with shloads of delay. And now, here's its fifth! Oooooh, the tension! Thank god hardly anybody's ever heard of the Comsat Angels or I'd be in deep shit for plagiarism."

Bono: "If I keep elliptically comparing myself to Martin Luther King, Jr., eventually, the Third World will believe me. Suck on that, Sting."

Adam & Larry: "We know we're uninspired and replacable, but the cash is just too sick for us to ever quit this sham."

And so they go, "saving rock" with hoary riffs and weak-ass beats. Fuck 'em in the ear.

[SKKY]

4. Asthmaticeog, I want you to work on saying what you really feel, ok?

[asthmaticeog]

7. Fuck you, mommy, I won't! *stomps feet*

[idgiehkt]

6. lol

I think the one about The Edge (what the hell is his real name anyway?) is dead on. But I still wouldn't kick him out of bed, lol.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Who the fuck calls themself "The Edge" anyway?

How pretensious can you get?

[jpgray]

16. It's the part of the stage Bono's ego pushes him to

[ghostsofgiants]

17. *slow clap*

:D

[idgiehkt]

34. I bow before your greatness.

:rofl:

one of the funniest posts I've ever read here. Bravo.

[Arugula Latte]

5. I liked Unforgettable Fire a lot.

I was mostly into them in the early to mid 80s. I still think they're a good band, though.

[Common Sense Party]

39. I agree. Unforgettable Fire was their best album, by far.

Joshua Tree was great, too, but I don't think they ever surpassed UF.

[Zavulon]

8. No option for "so-so, yet grossly overrated." That'd be my pick. (NT)

[Broken_Hero]

9. they are a good band...:) nt

[mvd]

10. I had to pick other

Best band ever is the Beatles, but I've always been a big fan.

[LynneSin]

11. Stop in this thread to get your Popcorn, plenty of popcorn to go around

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Bossy Monkey]

12. Just fyi, here's what the 2004 DU Lounge said:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1073012

[begin_within]

13. Their song "Elevation" is a great rock song. Otherwise, they are a snooze.

[warrens]

14. After I Will Follow, it was all downhill

I saw that tour at a club in New Haven, and while I loved The Edge, all their songs except I Will Follow sounded the same. I've never changed my mind about that. One dimensional, mediocre songwriting, but very good musicianship.

[Fuzz]

21. Toads?

[driver8]

18. I am a huge U2 fan, but I can understand why people don't like them.

I absolutely love "The Joshua Tree" -- it is one of my favorite albums, ever. I also really like "Achtung Baby" and "Unforgettable Fire"...the song "Bad" is amazing to me.

I saw them in 1987 in Philadelphia and to this day, it is one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen.

[trof]

19. Other: Great airplane.

The US Air Force U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft first flew in 1955 and was developed by Lockheed Martin at the famous Skunk Works site. The aircraft provides continuous surveillance day and night and in all weathers. The aircraft can gather surveillance and signals intelligence data in real time and can be deployed anywhere in the world.

The U-2, which is known as the Dragon Lady, can loiter at 70,000ft (21,336m) over the area of operations for several hours and is often described as a glider due to its flight characteristics. The design has remained essentially unchanged over decades of operational deployment but the reconnaissance systems are constantly upgraded with state-of-the-art and classified systems.

The last U-2 was delivered in 1989 and there are 32 U-2S aircraft in the US Air Force fleet. The U-2 was used in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield during the Gulf Crisis during 1990 and 1991, over Bosnia and Kosovo in support of NATO forces during the 1990s, in Afghanistan in 2001 and in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

[MrCoffee]

20. they're a good band.

except for zooropa, i got no beef with U2

[qwertyMike]

22. I like the Edge

He can't play, but he does the not playing well. He know his limitations. (Dirty Harry)

Bono scares me "What's the difference between Bono and God? - God doesn't think he's Bono"

My mother always told me to watch out for SMALL guys, like the 4 ft Bono and the midget Cruise, never nind Napolean and Hitler.

I like small girls though ;)

[MrCoffee]

23. That's the best description of the Edge ever.

[qwertyMike]

28. Thank you

I like him as a guy and a family man

[idgiehkt]

35. "God doesn't think he's Bono."

:rofl:

whoda thunk this thread would be a gut-buster, lol.

[qwertyMike]

24. The BAND n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. Today, I realized that Coldplay sounds a lot like U2...

I like them both. :hi:

[KamaAina]

26. Oh come on. What would the World Cup have been without U2?

A bunch of soccer matches, three of them featuring a beyond-crappy USA side, that's all. :P

[Sugar Smack]

27. *Knock, knock* "Hello? Someone get me out of here. I'm trapped

in this book with my own ego, and it's not big enough for both of us!"

[JVS]

29. A good band. Bono is a bit too preachy though.

[tinfoil tiaras]

30. Good, but R.E.M. was, is and always will be better

even with crap records like Up and Around The Sun.

But maybe I'm a bit biased because i'm a southern gal and the R.E.M. guys are just southern boys...and they just got inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame :woohoo: go them! :D

[Common Sense Party]

40. R.E.M. used to be good. Used to be my favorite band.

Then, somewhere around the "Automatic for the People" era, they took a swift dive off the Cliff of Suckiness.

I cannot even stand their pretentious nonsense now.

I liked Stipe much better when I couldn't make out a word he was singing. I still listen to "Murmur" and "Fables" a great deal. But their post-1992 stuff? Nah.

[tinfoil tiaras]

41. Yeah, I don't really like Michael now either

He's too "celeberty" for my taste. But the other two guys, Mike and Peter are just normal guys with familes who just love music and all. They're my 2 favorites. And of course Bill is just living it up on his hay farm... :D

[Common Sense Party]

42. Bill got out while the gettin' was good. I know his health was the

main reason, but I think he'd be much happier driving a tractor than playing stadiums, even if he hadn't had an aneurysm.

[tinfoil tiaras]

45. Yeah, Bill just seems so laid back

him and Mike are the most laid back of the bunch. Michael is just so...celeberty now and imho, the young Michael Stipe would be really sad to see where the old Michael Stipe is now...

Peter's just cool. Period. I really wanna meet him. Badlyyy

[MrSlayer]

31. Very Good up until "Zooropa".

"War" is an excellent album and "Bad" is a great tune.

[u4ic]

32. Prefer their 80's stuff n/t

[El Fuego]

33. "Vertigo" - Am I the only one who loves this song?

[mduffy31]

36. I'm with you I love that song too

...my wife on the other hand hates it, must be why she is divorcing me.


Too many music snobs here BTW

[wickerwoman]

37. About fifteen seconds of any given song are great.

If you cut those out and strung them together, you'd have the best song ever.

I also give them points for having more decent songs per album than pretty much any other band.

I haven't listened to any albums since Zooropa though...

[njdemocrat106]

38. I'll say they were good up to "Achtung Baby"

Starting with "Zooropa", all their songs started to sound the same, and Bono's already large ego has since become downright massive.

My favorites by them? The live version of "Bad" from the Wide Awake in America EP, and "Angel of Harlem" from the much lambasted Rattle and Hum album. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" used to be my favorite, but radio eventually burned that one out for me (still a good song, though).

[Emops]

43. A good band

One of my favorites, in fact. I didn't care much for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, but other than that I don't think they've put out a subpar album.

IMHO the best band of my lifetime (I was born the day after War was released).

[HughBeaumont]

44. Everything after Joshua Tree = Vegas buuuuuulshit.

I prefer their first four, Unforgettable Fire being the best of them, although Edge lifts heavily from Eno and Fripp.

[donheld]

46. The Lounge loves U2

General Discussion isn't quite as crazy about them. Late Breaking News just plain hates them. :crazy::silly: